cioareci
Romanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unknown, but cognate with Aromanian cioaric (“cloth”) and cioariți (“woolen socks”).
Either borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چارق (çarık, “a kind of sandal”), whence also Greek τσαρούχι (tsaroúchi),[1] or derived from Paleo-Balkan. If this latter indigenous origin is correct, then the term could be seen as a descendant of Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to hide, conceal”), whence Latin cutis (“skin”).[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cioareci m pl (plural only)
- a kind of Transylvanian trousers traditionally made out of wool
- socks
Declension edit
declension of cioareci (plural only)
plural | ||
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m gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (niște) cioareci | cioarecii |
genitive/dative | (unor) cioareci | cioarecilor |
vocative | cioarecilor |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ cioareci in Alexandru Ciorănescu, Dicționarul etimologic român, Tenerife: Universidad de la Laguna, 1958-66.
- ^ cioareci in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)